The Hughes family have lost their Pico centre board. If you have seen it, or borrowed it, could you please let me know. It is marked with the Hughes family name.

Thanks Shaun – mob 07881 501 675

Jess Quinlan & Alex Warrington – Otters/TBYC GBR 8407
George Warrington & Johnny Van Ingen – TBYC/Stone GBR 9029
Molly Brown & Ben Warrington – Otters/TBYC GBR 3069

3rd Indicator – Parkstone YC

Great weekend’s sailing in 12kt breeze, albeit very shifty making the beats very complex and seeing some “outsiders” coming through the fleet. Jess and Alex finished 6th overall after a reasonably consistent event. Molly and Ben cam 3rd in the Silver fleet and were often in the top 10 at the windward mark. George and Johnny had a comendable 29th place in one race. Again, the chance and experiance of sailing in a huge fleet (75 entries) is a fantastic opportunity for our youngsters.

WORLD TEAM SELECTIONS

After this consistent weekend, Jess and Alex have qualified 5th out of the 7 boats selected to represent GBR at the coming World Championships to be held in Argentina at Christmas. This is a great achievement and we are all very proud of their success. This will now be Alex’s 3rd World Team selections since being asked to crew for Ollie Herve in Wales. Thanks Ollie!!

RESULTS: http://www.kbsuk.com/data/CadetEvents/data/results/mywebos.html

So now comes the difficult time of raising the funds to send them! If any club member has any ideas or whose company might be able to offer some form of sponsorship I would be very pleased to hear from you.

Jess Quinlan & Alex Warrington – Otters/TBYC GBR 8407
George Warrington & Johnny Van Ingen – TBYC/Stone GBR 9029
Molly Brown & Ben Warrington – Otters/TBYC GBR 3069

Cadet Nationals – Pwllheli

See link for results: http://www.kbsuk.com/data/CadetEvents/data/results/mywebnh.html

Tough event sailed in the tail of hurricane Bill, so we had heavy breeze and huge seas and 2 days blown out completely.

However Jess and Alex managed 9th place from 92 entered but although their World Team standings slipped 2 places, their huge lead on the fleet meant that they retained 4th spot out of the 7 to qualify for the Worlds in Argentina – still all to play for with the last Indicator in 2 weeks at Parkstone…… watch this space.
World Team Results http://www.kbsuk.com/data/CadetEvents/data/results/mywebos.html

George and Johnny were 66th and Molly and Ben, both sailing in their 1st nationals were 50th.

I am very excited now that we have 3 cadet boats at TBYC – and judging by the comments from members in the dinghy park so are you! The UKNCCA are also very excited and keen to bring back “Squadron 17” into the fold and are keen to assist…..! So if you have an interest in joining the fleet and would like to try a Cadet please let me know – I might be able to help more than you think! (Cadets no older than 16yrs).

To celebrate the Cadet Week, Hi-Tec will again offer footwear at greatly reduced prices during the event.

This year, the following products will be available, and can be ordered every day.

However, additionally, all members, visitors and friends are invited to take advantage of an extra special ‘40% off all products’ offer off the www.hi-tecdirect.co.uk website. Simply select the product type in the promo-code TBYC40 (case sensitive) and get your Hi-Tec’s delivered to your home.

Have a great week and……. Enjoy your shoes

Cadet Week is only 3 weeks away and we need to have all of last year’s trophies returned to the Club. If you have any of the following please return to me as soon as possible:

–  Walley Cup

–  Dedman Shield

–  Waitrose Shield

–  Race Group Trophy

–  Eyre Cup

–  Elmore Seamanship Trophy

–  Stingray Le Mans Trophy

I will shortly be posting out the timetables for the week and the parent’s duties.

Bev Warrington

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is excited to play host to the 2009 Laser Pico Nationals. This will be an event for all levels of ability and provided you can sail a triangle course you are most welcome to attend.

Please download and fill in the following documents if you would like to race:

Pico Nationals 2009 NOR (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Nationals 2009 SIs (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Entry form Nationals 2009 (Adobe Reader .pdf file)

Pico Nationals 2009 Parents Declaration (Microsoft Word .doc file)

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact Shaun Christian or Simon Bown
Shaun: email: [email protected] Simon: email: [email protected]
phone: 07881 501 675 phone: 07949 646468

Thorpe Bay Yacht Club is excited to play host to the 2009 Laser Pico Nationals. This will be an event for all levels of ability and provided you can sail a triangle course you are most welcome to attend. Do not worry if you have not done much racing in the past, the briefing on Saturday morning will cover all the detail you need to know.

Pico’s can be sailed either single or doubled handed and parents are welcome to sail in the event. Please see attchments for the Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, Entry Form and Parent Declaration.

Win a New Pico – If you sail in all 6 races over the two-day event your Pico will be entered into a special prize raffle to part-exchange with a new Pico. It does not matter if you are at the front, middle or back of the fleet, all will have an equal chance to win the new Pico. The draw will take place during the prize giving on Sunday afternoon. The winners must be present to collect the Pico.

We have lots of other great prizes and trophies also lined up to recognise the best in Pico racing. If you sail a Pico this is a weekend you will not want to miss.

Car Parking

TBYC has ample free car parking and boat storage facilities in the field to the east of the main dinghy park. On arrival you will be given a TBYC car sticker that must be displayed in your front screen in order to get free car parking.

Accommodation

TBYC is just a mile along the coast from Southend-On-Sea so has a good selection of hotels and B&B’s. We have listed details of a few local places that are a short distance from the clubhouse.

www.roslinhotel.com

www.beachesguesthouse.co.uk

www.premierinn.com – search for their Thorpe Bay Hotel

Camping is also available at TBYC and if required please contact us. The clubhouse, toilet & shower facilities and club restaurant will open from the Friday to Sunday, with a BBQ after sailing on Saturday. All this making your stay comfortable and affordable.

Southend-on- Sea has lots of attractions making this a great weekend for the whole family. So even if hurricane winds blow out sailing there is plenty to do, including a walk down the worlds longest pleasure pier or perhaps try a visit to;

Adventure Island (http://www.adventureisland.co.uk/)

The Sea Life Centre (http://www.sealifeadventure.co.uk/)

Ten Pin Bowling at the Kursaal (www.thekursaal.co.uk)

Odeon Cinema Complex (http://www.odeon.co.uk/)

Plus all the other usual seaside attractions

We look forward to seeing you at the Nationals for a great weekend of family fun and sailing.

If you have any questions regarding the weekend please contact Shaun Christian or Simon Bown

Shaun: email: [email protected]   

Jess Quinlan and Alex Warrington – Corinthian Otters / TBYC

Cadet 8407 – Fantasy

1^st Worlds Indicator Selections

See attached write ups on a very exiting weekend’s sailing in this 1^st of the 3 Indicator World Team Selections held at Stone S.C. last weekend. Jess and Alex go into the next round at Parkstone 4 pts behind the leader and 16 points ahead of 3^rd place. Worlds to be held in Argentina at xmas!!!

http://www.cadetclass.org.uk/uploads/Stone%20Indicator%20Day%201%202009.pdf

http://www.cadetclass.org.uk/uploads/Stone%20Indicator%20Day%202%202009.pdf

Do you sail a Laser Pico? Getting too big for it? Wonder where to go next?

A laser with a 4.7 rig could be ideal. The 4.7 is the smallest of the 3 rigs designed for use on a one design Laser. The sail is smaller than a Pico Race main but the boat is much faster – particularly off wind when it really flies.

We have several younger members sailing the Laser 4.7 already and it looks like 2009 will be the year when we really take off.

When you outgrow the 4.7 you can stay with a Laser by moving up to the Radial rig.

The Laser Centre are loaning us 6 boats for use at Thorpe Bay over the end of May bank holiday weekend – 23/24/25th. Please email me at [email protected] to add yourself or your child to my list of those interested.

Parents.  A secondhand Laser need not be expensive and if you are selling a Pico the difference could be a lot less than you think. Laser have sold over 190,000 Lasers since the early 1970’s so choice and availability is excellent. Provided that you buy sensibly you won’t lose money when it’s time to sell either.

Email me at [email protected] or call me on 07768 571768 for buying advice.

Robin

Don’t forget – the Cadet Christmas Party is being held this Sunday at 4.00 – 6.00pm. Please contact Bev Warrington if you haven’t bought your tickets yet. Just £5 each. Over 7 years only. No adults allowed!!